Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 29, 2007
Winning Top to Bottom

Theo Epstein points out how the Red Sox World Championship was an organizational effort:

"It's a little different," said Sox general manager Theo Epstein when asked to compare that championship feeling. "It's like comparing your children. You can't do it. But this one was sweet because it was a top-to-bottom organizational effort. So much hard work. It wasn't a fluke. We worked hard to get here."

There is no doubt the Red Sox were the best team in the majors this season. They tied for best record, but they blew away the Indians in run differential, as they eventually showed in the ALCS. There weren't many weaknesses on the team, and the few were easily covered in a short series.

What's impressive is that Sox were able to both win and rebuild at the same time. They slid back a bit in 2006, but had pieces ready in 2007. Not only that, but they had pieces ready dispite trading away a potential MVP shortstop. The Red Sox are not taking their future for granted, however. Epstein:

"Maybe, just maybe, we're prepared to compete at a very high level for a long time to come. Baseball will humble you in a hurry. Just when you think you have something, it turns on you.

"No one wants to sit here, spray champagne, and talk about how we're going to be great for a long period of time. That's not the way things work. We have a foundation now, and let's see what we do with it."

It looks like this could be the start of a run like the Braves had and the Yankees continue.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:13 AM | World Series | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Interesting quote by Epstein on not predicting multiple winning seasons. Recall that last year at this time, after LOSING the world series, Verlander was predicting a dynasty for the Tigers.

The Tigers are good, but it's hard for me to see them dominating the next couple years with the Red sox and Indians around. not to mention the Angels, A's, Twins and Yankees. All of those being in their same league.

Me thinks Eric Byrnes belongs on the Tigers, he has the right level of bravado.

Ivan

Posted by: Ivan at October 29, 2007 10:24 AM
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